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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who knows the true story of the death of Obata Hiro and Toranaga's grandfather?
(a) a blind masseur.
(b) a Portugese.
(c) Yabu's consort.
(d) an old priest.

2. Why does Toranaga not take the galley for his escape?
(a) it is filled with Gray samurai.
(b) it is in dry dock.
(c) it cannot out maneuver the ship.
(d) it is being repaired.

3. Why does Ishido Kazunari insult Toranaga?
(a) to challenge his samurai.
(b) to see how he will react.
(c) to have an excuse for killing him.
(d) to precipitate a change in government.

4. How does Buntaro escape death?
(a) Toranaga sends him a horse and orders him to safety.
(b) the soldiers begin to slip and fall off the jetty.
(c) Rodrigues's galley comes close enough for him to swim.
(d) Toranaga's men ambush the soldiers.

5. How does Blackthorne manage to get the galley safely out of the way of the flaming arrows?
(a) he changes the direction of the galley.
(b) he lights fires on the galley to look like it is burning.
(c) he sees an opportunity to go past the frigate.
(d) he flies a Gray flag on the galley.

6. When Blackthorne wakes up and finds everyone swimming, what is Toranaga wanting to do?
(a) catch some fish.
(b) learn how to dive.
(c) learn English.
(d) hurry on to land.

7. During the trip on the galley, how does the weather change?
(a) it begins to snow.
(b) the clouds hide the stars.
(c) a storm comes up.
(d) the sea becomes calm.

8. What has Toranaga learned about his situation?
(a) he has solid support of the other four regents.
(b) he has developed a terminal illness.
(c) he is scheduled to be executed.
(d) he is alone against the other four regents.

9. When Toda Hiro-matsu arrives, what is Yabu doing?
(a) recruiting an army.
(b) entertaining Blackthorne.
(c) unloading the Erasmus.
(d) preparing for an execution.

10. What causes Toranaga to have trouble sleeping?
(a) he fears assassination.
(b) he is thinking about many problems he faces.
(c) his wife snores.
(d) his bed it too hard.

11. How does the galley get safely into the harbor?
(a) Blackthorne pilots it.
(b) another galley comes to haul it.
(c) a freak wind saves it.
(d) the storm ceases.

12. Before the storm, who comes on deck to see Blackthorne piloting the ship while Rodrigues sleeps?
(a) Toranaga and Yabu.
(b) a priest and Yabu.
(c) Hiro-matsu and Father Sebastio.
(d) Hiro-matsu and Yabu.

13. Why does Hiro-matsu request permission to commit seppuku?
(a) because he is tired of living.
(b) because of the shame of his grandson's action.
(c) because his wife shamed him in public.
(d) because he lost his property.

14. Who does Blackthorne meet in prison?
(a) some of his old crewmen.
(b) Father Sebastio.
(c) the grandson of Hiro-matsu.
(d) a Friar named Domingo.

15. What praise does Rodrigues give the Japanese sailors?
(a) they are very polite to the pilot.
(b) they work very cheaply.
(c) they never disobey orders.
(d) they row far past what a normal man would endure.

Short Answer Questions

1. What country does Blackthorne say he is not an enemy of?

2. What does Domingo teach Blackthorne?

3. Who is the pilot of the galley that will take Blackthorne to Osaka?

4. How does Blackthorne divert attention from Toranaga in the palanquin?

5. What does Blackthorne want to do?

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